Obee7763

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Hi everyone I’m Dan I’m new to owning a series 3 I brought a 1973 109 2.6 petrol witch has not been touched in years will be my daily drive once me an my brother have rebuilt it he also has a 109 2.25 diesel his a craftsmen in the army so spends all his time working on land rovers I wanted one for a long time then one came up for the right price an with all the ulez historic is the way to go
 
Hi and welcome!

Good luck with the rebuild. Don’t forget lots of pics of it before, during and after when you can. There’s a section that you can start a thread on the rebuild in Your Land Rovers.
 
Hi and welcome!

Good luck with the rebuild. Don’t forget lots of pics of it before, during and after when you can. There’s a section that you can start a thread on the rebuild in Your Land Rovers.
Thanks I will make sure to take pictures of everything
 
Welcome,re the ulez,
to be quite frank i think getting a109 into a parking space in london traffic is not something i would look forward to,
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Hi everyone I’m Dan I’m new to owning a series 3 I brought a 1973 109 2.6 petrol witch has not been touched in years will be my daily drive once me an my brother have rebuilt it he also has a 109 2.25 diesel his a craftsmen in the army so spends all his time working on land rovers I wanted one for a long time then one came up for the right price an with all the ulez historic is the way to go
Welcome to LZ!

Series is a nice drive in London. I have been driving them there on an off for 40 years.
Straight sided, acceleration is OK, top speed is irrelevant as you never go more than 40mph.
Other drivers tend to give you plenty of room, due to the steel girders front and back.

Couple of things to consider, first being fuel economy if you do lots of miles.
The other, as above^^^^^^, parking. It wont fit in most multi stories, and street parking spaces are often small too.
And the turning circle is massive, so not ideal for getting into tight spaces.
 
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There’s a few pictures of the truck at the moment still a lot of work to be done have been hearing bad things about the 2.6 engine tho
 
There’s a few pictures of the truck at the moment still a lot of work to be done have been hearing bad things about the 2.6 engine tho
I like them. Very smooth power delivery. Downside is the fuel consumption, but they aren't much worse than a 4 cylinder petrol. Setting the valve clearances is a fiddly job, but doable, and you won't have to do it very often.
 

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